ARTE Reportage

Sustainable forestry is preserving the huge expanses of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint.

What lessons are being learnt in Canada from the devastating forest fires of Québec in summer 2023?

Bolivia's second largest lake, has recently dried up, leaving behind a salt desert where Lake Poopó once was.

Local people are fighting to restore the ecosystem of the Niger Delta, polluted by multinational oil companies.

The majestic Andean Condor is critically endangered, but biologists in Argentina are working hard to save the revered bird.

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

‘Green colonialism’ in Rwanda and Kenya means local people lose access to their land in the name of environmental protection.

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out.

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population.

A Peruvian farmer is suing the German energy giant RWE for its carbon emissions in what is a landmark case. 

The vast capital of Indonesia, home to 31 million people is sinkingand could be entirely underwater by 2050.

In northern Kenya, a new aggressive malaria carrying mosquito has become a major threat to public health.

More than 80% of Gabon is covered with rainforest, home to the largest population of forest elephants in Africa.

Camp Fire has been the most destructive wildfire in Californian history: 18,000 buildings destroyed, 62,000 hectares scorched and a death toll of 85. 

New forests in New Zealand, planted to absorb greenhouse gases come with unexpected environmental problems.

A new generation of tea growers are revitalising Georgia's plantations, abandoned after the fall of the USSR.

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

Every year, vast sums are spent on arms, but could we live without them? Or do we need them to keep the peace?

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

A small island in the Rio de la Plata is shared by Argentina and Uruguay. But why does this binational island have two different names?

Focus on the international struggle against child abuse which has flourished online.

Shipwrecks in the North Sea represent a serious threat to the environment and human life.

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

Fixer Ignace Ivlev-Yorke reports from a Ukrainian army unit on the frontline.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

Behind the glitzy facade of the World Cup... there's a darker side to the world of football.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

Hellfest kicks off now! Day one of France's most famous heavy metal festival includes sets from Shelter and The Plot In You.

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.